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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. diana in 1811-13. He died April 10, 1822, near Vineennes, Ind. Gibson, John Bannister, lawyer, jurist, statesman, was born Nov. 8, 1780, in Carlisle, Pa. He was an honored citizen of Pennsylvania; and was prominently identified

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chief justice in 1827-51. He died May 1853, in Philadelphia, Pa. Gibson, Louis Henry, architect, author,

was born in 1854 in Indiana. He is an architect of Indianapolis, Ind. He is the author of Beautiful Houses, a Study in Housebuilding; Convenient Houses; Gradual Reduction Milling; and Artistic Houses at Moderate Cost. Gibson, Paris, manufacturer, founder, United States senator, was born July 1, ]830, in Brownfield, Maine. In 1858 he settled in Minneapolis, Minn.; and built, with W. W. Eastman, the first flour mill and first woolen mill in Minneapolis. In lS8a he first examined the Falls of the Missouri; and at once founded the city of Great Falls. In 1889 he was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of Montana. In 1891 he was elected state senator of Montana; and in 1901-03 he was United States senator from Montana. Gibson, Perry Aurora, lawyer, state sentor, railroad president, was bom Aug. 25, His 1857, on a farm in Brie county. Pa. early education was obtained in the public schools of his native township; then he attended the state normal school at Edinboro, Pa.; and later graduated from the Iowa state university in 1883. He was for a while engaged in business with his brother. Dr. V. D. Gibson, but soon decided to adopt the profession of law. In 1896-1900 he was a member of the Pennsylvania state senate. He was appointed chairman of the committee to reorganize the Pennsylvania

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iana to the forty-fourth, forty-fifth, fortysixth and forty-seventh congresses; and in 1883-93 he was United States senator. He died Dec. 15, 1892, in Hot Springs, Ala. Gibson, Robert Atkinson, clergyman, bishop, was born July 9, 1846, in Petersburg, Va. In 1878-87 he was rector of Trinity church at Parkersburg, W.Va.; and in 188797 was rector of Christ church at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1897 he became protestant episcopal bishop of Virginia. Gibson, Robert Edward Lee, educator, journalist, author, poet, was born Jan. 14, 1864, in Steelville, Mo. He has been engaged in teaching newspaper work; and for ten years was chief clerk in the St. Louis insane asylum. He is the author of Sonnets and Lyrics. Gibson, Robert Williams, designer, architect, was born Nov. 17, 1854, in England. He has attained a national reputation as an architect; in 1899-1900 was president of architectural league of New York; and a, director in the American institute of architects.

Gibson, Tobias, missionary, pioneer, was 10, 1771, in Liberty, S.C. He made four trips while a missionary through the wilderness to the Cumberland; and laid the foundations of methodism in the southwest. Died April 10, 1804, in Natchez, Tenn. Gibson, W. H., soldier, orator. During the civil war he attained the rank of brigadiergeneral. He was a celebrated orator. He died Nov. 22, 1894, in Tiffin, Ohio. Gibson, William, physician, educator, was born in 1788 in Baltimore, Md. He was a famous physician of Philadelphia; and professor of surgery in the university of Pennsylvania in 1819-55. He was the author of Principles and Practice of Surgery; and Rambles in Europe. He died March 3, 1868, in Savannah, 6a. Gibson, William, naval officer, author, was

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born in 1836 in Maryland. He was a United States naval officer; and retired in 1879. He was the author of Sailing Directions for the Kattegat, etc.; Poems of Many Years; Vision of Faery Land, and Other Poems; a

state college; is president of the Kansas City and St. Joseph electric railway company; and is also president of the Erie, Cambridge, Union and Corry railway company. Gibson, Randall Lee, soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born

translation of the Miscellaneous Poems of Goethe. He died in 1887. Gibson, William CampbeU, naval officer, was born July 23, 1838, in Albany, N.Y. In 1855 he went to sea in the merchant service; and in 1861 entered the United States navy. He became master in 1868; attained the" rank of rear-admiral in the United States navy; and was retired from active service in 1901. Gibson, William Hamilton, artist, author, was bom Oct. 5, 1850, in Sandy Hook, Conn. He illustrated his own writings. He was

Sept. 10, 1832, in Springfield, Ky. He attained the rank of major-general in the eonff derate army; and afterward settled in the practice of law in New Orleans, La. In 1875-831 he was a, representative from Louis-

the author of The Complete American Trapper; Pastoral Days ; Highways and Byways; Strolls by Starlight and Sunshine; Happy Hunting-Grounds Sharp-Eyes, a Rambler's Calendar; Camp Life in the Woods; and